African Journal of Biotechnology - 11 (10-12), 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 11 (10), 2012


Contents:

Review


M. Monajjemi, E. Shirkhodaee Tari, F. Mollaamin, M. Movahedi and Seyed Hosseini Ghaheh

Studies of molecular modeling on drug design of Listeria monocytogenes internalin B ß-sheet


R. Yánez-López, Torres-Pacheco, R. G. Guevara-González, M. I. Hernández-Zul, J. A. Quijano-Carranza and E. Rico-García

The effect of climate change on plant diseases


Full Length Research Article

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Ali Yousefi-Golverdi, Hasan Hafezian, Yadolah Chashnidel and Ayoub Farhadi

Genetic parameters and trends of production traits in Iranian Holstein population


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Nazan Keskin, Pinar Ili and Barbaros Sahin

Histochemical demonstration of mucosubstances in the mouse gastrointestinal tract treated with Origanum hypericifolium O. Schwartz and P.H. Davis extract


Ihsan-ul- Haq and Abdur Rab

Foliar application of calcium chloride and borax affects the fruit skin strength and cracking incidence in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) cultivars


Montaser Fawzy Abdel-Monaim, Mamdoh Ewis Ismail and Kadry Mohamed Morsy

Induction of systemic resistance in soybean plants against Fusarium wilts disease by seed treatment with benzothiadiazole and humic acid


Mashaalah Jabbari Orange, Ali Ebadi, Ahmad Tobeh and Hossein Mostafaei

Responses of phenological and physiological stages of spring safflower to complementary irrigation


Sumontip Bunnag and Warisa Pilahome

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Dendrobium chrysotoxum Lindl


Yan Qing Li, Xiu Ju Wang, Zhen Xin Sun, Bao Zhen Feng, Li Fu1 and Xiu Guo Zhang

Expression and functional analysis of polygalacturonase gene Pcipg5 from the plant pathogen Phytophthora capsici


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Sumitra Chanda, Mital Kaneria and Yogesh Baravalia

Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of various polar solvent extracts of stem and leaves of four Cassia species


Aref Neifar, Ines Borgi, Rim Mnif, Faouzi Ben Rebah, Abdelwahab Abdelmouleh and Ali Gargouri

Inhibitory effects of extracts from Tunisian marine species on serine-protease from a local Beauveria bassiana strain


Rahmat Ali Khan, Abdus Saboor shah, Mushtaq Ahmad, Farid Ullaha Khan, Noor Aslam, Muhammad Rashid Khan and Mir Sadiq Shah

Phytotoxic activity of crude methanolic extract of Euphorbia prostrata collected from Bannu District (Pakistan)


Xiangwei Chen, Wenting Han and Min Li

Spectroscopic determination of leaf water content using linear regression and an artificial neural network


Xiangwei Chen and Wenting Han

Spectroscopic determination of soluble solids content of ‘Qinmei’ kiwifruit using partial least squares


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Ezeonu, I. M. Akobueze, E. U. and Chah, K. F

Prebiotic effects of Vernonia amygdalina and Ocimum gratissimum aqueous leaf extracts in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Zheng Xiao Jian, Lu Ye, Zhang Pen Jie, Zhang Xiao Li, Cao Guang Li, Xue Ren Yu and Gong Cheng Liang

Effect of inhibiting the expression of insulin-like peptide gene BBX-B8 on development and reproduction of silkworm, Bombyx mori


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Jun Ma, Ye-hua He, Cheng-hou Wu, He-ping Liu, Zhong-yi Hu and Guang-ming Sun

Effective Agrobacterium–mediated transformation of pineapple with CYP1A1 by kanamycin selection technique


Rahmatollah Karimizadeh, Mohtasham Mohammadi, Naser Sabaghnia, Mohammad Kazem Shefazadeh and Jaleh Pouralhossini

Univariate stability analysis methods for determining genotype × environment interaction of durum wheat grain yield


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Feng Li Yang, Xiao Shan Li, Bing Zhuang Yang, Yu Zhang, Xiu Fang Zhang, Guang Sheng Qin and Xian Wei Liang

Clinical mastitis from calving to next conception negatively affected reproductive performance of dairy cows in Nanning, China


Mohammad Masood Tariq, Masroor Ahmad Bajwa, Khaleel Jawasreh, Mohammad Arif Awan, Ferhat Abbas, Abdul Waheed, Majed Rafeeq, Abdul Wadood, Khalid ullah Khan, Nadeem Rashid, Mohammad Adnan Atique and Farhat Abbas Bukhari

Characterization of four indigenous sheep breeds ofBalochistan, Pakistan by random amplified polymorphic DNAs


Cyrus Eydivandi, Cyrus Amirinia, Naser EmamJomeh-Kashan, Mohammad Chamani, Jamal Fayazi and Hamid Reza Seyedabadi

Study of citrullinaemia disorder in Khuzestan Holstein cattle population of Iran

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 11 (11), 2012


Contents:


Review

 
P. Singh, S. S. Singh, A.Srivastava, A. Singh and A. K. Mishra

Structural, functional and molecular basis of cyanophage-cyanobacterial interactions and its significance


Full Length Research Article

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Xiaogang Du, Yanyan Geng, Zhou Huang, Yanger Chen, Huaiyu Zhang, Hanmei Liu, zhiyu Chen, Zhihuan Wu, Tianzeng Song and Xianyin Zeng

Effects of Zingiber officinale extract on antioxidation and lipid peroxidation in mice after exposure to 60Co-?-ray


Mianxue Liu, Junbei Xiang, Yi Yang and Xufeng Li

Over-expression of BnFAD8 mitigated leaf curvature and increased 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana


Ying Li, Qing-Feng Meng, Wei-Li Wang and Xiao-Yuan Sun

Differential expression of ATP-dependent RNA helicase gene in viable but nonculturable Salmonella pullorum


Zhang Junhuan, Wang Yu zhu, Chen Xuan, Sun Haoyuan and Yang Li

Molecular fingerprinting and relative relationship of apricot cultivars in China by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Raúl López-Aguilar, Diana Medina-Hernández, Felipe Ascencio-Valle, Enrique Troyo-Dieguez, Alejandra Nieto-Garibay, Mario Arce-Montoya, Juan A. Larrinaga-Mayoral and Gracia A. Gómez-Anduro

Differential responses of Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) and Poblano (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) hot peppers to salinity at the plantlet stage


Weilin Wu, Bo Zhou, Dan Luo, Haifang Yan, Yuhua Li and Saneyuki Kawabata

Development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers that are polymorphic between cultivars in Brassica rapa subsp. rapa


Maralian Habib

Effect of supplementary nutrition with Fe, Zn chelates and urea on wheat quality and quantity


Onyimonyi, A. E. Chukwuma, P. C. and Igbokwe, Chinenye

Growth and hypocholesterolemic properties of dry garlic powder (Allium sativum) on broilers


Soliman S. S. and Harhash M. M.

Effects of strands thinning on yield and fruit quality of Succary date palm


Mohammad Alanazi, Hesham Saeed and Manal Shalaby

The use of degenerate oligonucleotide primed polymerase chain reaction (DOP-PCR) technique to detect and isolate cytochrome P450 2E1 and 2A genes


Tajidin, N. E., Ahmad, S. H, Rosenani, A. B., Azimah, H. and Munirah, M.

Chemical composition and citral content in lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) essential oil at three maturity stages


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Parvaiz Ahmad, Khalid ul Rehman Hakeem, Ashwani Kumar, Muhammad Ashraf and Nudrat Aisha Akram

Salt-induced changes in photosynthetic activity and oxidative defense system of three cultivars of mustard (Brassica juncea L.)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Jinxu Sun, Hui xia Zhu, Jiping Guo and Dong Guang Xiao

Antimicrobial action of purified raspberry flavonoid


Qurban Ali Panhwar, Radziah Othman, Zaharah Abdul Rahman, Sariah Meon and Mohd Razi Ismail

Isolation and characterization of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria from aerobic rice


Li Shu-bin, Zhou Ren-chao, Li Xia, Chen Chu-yi and Yang Ai-lin

Solid-state fermentation with okara for production of cellobiase-rich cellulases preparation by a selected Bacillus subtilis Pa5


Xiaohong Yu, Zhenxin Gu, Rong Shao, Kang Tu and Xinjiang Jin

Optimization of solid state fermentation media of Hericium erinaceus for soluble dietary fiber using artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Eşref Isik, Nazmi Izli and Bülent Akbudak

Microwave heat treatment of dent corn (Zea mays var. indentata sturt.): Drying kinetic and physical properties


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Yihong Hu, Juan Wu, Ping Luo and Yiwei Mo

Purification and partial characterization of peroxidase from lettuce stems


Kiramat Khan, Hassan Sher, Muhammad Iqbal and MN Al-yemeni

Development And Release Of Indigenous Maize Hybrids To Enhance Maize Yield In North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Bing Wang, Jiti Zhou, Shaohui Cui, Baoling Yang, Yinan Zhao, Budiao Zhao, Yan Duan and Shubiao Zhang

Cationic liposomes as carriers for gene delivery: Physico-chemical characterization and mechanism of cell transfection


Peisong Wang, Wei Meng Meishan Jin, Liyan Xu, Enmin Li and Guang Chen

Increased expression of miR-221 and miR-222 in patients with thyroid carcinoma


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Irfan Hafeez, Bushra Sadia, Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat, Riaz Ahmad Kainth, Muhammad Zaffar Iqbal and Iqrar Ahmad Khan

Establishment of efficient in vitro culture protocol for wheat land races of Pakistan


Wenke Ruan, Jianjun Zhang, Lixia Wang, Peng Zhang and Jian An

Heterologous expression of biologically active chicken granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor in Pichia pastoris


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

 
Moyo, Busani, Masika, Patrick Julius and Muchenje, Voster

Antimicrobial activities of Moringa oleifera Lam leaf extracts


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Reza Masoudi, Hamid Kohram, Ahmad Zare Shahne and Seyed Danial Moein Ale Davoud

Effect of estradiol and oxytocin on ovine cervical relaxation

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 11 (12), 2012


Contents:


Review

 
Waris Ali Gabol, Aleem Ahmed, Hadi Bux, Kaleem Ahmed, Amanullah Mahar and Shafiullah Laghari

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Pakistan


Seo Ryang We, Eun-Ok Jeong, Yun Hyung Koog and Byung-Il Min

EEffects of nutraceuticals on knee osteoarthritis: Systematic review


Qian Dai, Yun Tian and Xiangyang Lu

Flooding response in rice: Ethylene networks and sugar signaling


Full Length Research Article

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Zhiming Zhang, Li Liu, Haijian Lin, Guangsheng Yuan, Xing Zeng, Yaou Shen, Maojun Zhao, Qi Zhao, and Guangtang Pan

Identification of genes differentially expressed in maize (Zea mays L.) during Rhizoctonia Solani Kühn infection by suppression subtractive hybridization


Azeem Mehmood Butt, Ishaque Badshah Khan, Asifa Ahmed, Yigang Tong

Structural analysis of deafness associated E216V mutation in human myosin VI protein


Saima Aftab, Muhammad Nauman Aftab, Ikram-Ul-Haq, Muhammad Mohsin Javed, Asma Zafar and Irfana Iqbal

Cloning and expression of endo-1,4–ß-glucanase gene from Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 14580 into Escherichia coli BL21 (DE 3)


Xi-Mei Zhang, Ning Wang, Dong-Mei Li, Xia Li , Lian-Hong Jin and Lei Lei

Induction of epigenetic reprogramming in fibroblast by extracts of carcinoma


Maziar Yahyavi, Majid Afkhami, Ali Javadi, Maryam Ehsanpour, Aida Khazaali, Reza khoshnood and Amin Mokhlesi

Fatty acid composition in two sea cucumber species, Holothuria scabra and Holothuria leucospilata from Qeshm Island (Persian Gulf)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Muhammad Iqbal, Saghir Ahmad, Wajad Nazeer, Taj Muhammad, Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Mubshar Hussain, Abid Mehmood, Muhammad Tauseef, Asifa Hameed and Abdul Karim

High plant density by narrow plant spacing ensures cotton productivity in elite cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes under severe cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) infestation


Dita Agisimanto, Normah Mohd Noor, Rusli Ibrahim and Azhar Mohamad

Efficient somatic embryo production of Limau madu (Citrus suhuiensis Hort. ex Tanaka) in liquid culture


Mahmood Ghorbani-Marghashi, Mansour Gholami, Reaza Maadankan and Hassan Jamshidi

The study of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T effects on gene expression at early stages of embryogenesis in chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.)


Akande, T. O. and Odunsi, A. A.

Nutritive value and biochemical changes in broiler chickens fed detoxified castor kernel cake based diets


Kai-Xing Qu, Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Zhan-Xing He, Bi-Zhi Huang, Xi-Ping Yuan, Ya-Ping Zhang and Lin-Sen Zan

Genetic diversity and bottleneck analysis of Yunnan mithun (Bos frontalis) using microsatellite loci


Kamal Nabiollahy, Ahmad Heidari, Norair Tomanian, Gholamreza Savaghebi and Khosro Mohammadi

Spatial variability of arsenic in relation with some soil forming factors


Mohtasham Mohammadi

Effects of kernel weight and source-limitation on wheat grain yield under heat stress


M. R. EnayatGholizadeh, A. M. Bakhshandeh, M. Dehghan Shoar, M. H. Ghaineh, K. H. Alami Saeid and M. Sharafizadeh

Effect of source and seed size on yield component of corn S.C704 in Khuzestan


Paulo Ivan Fernandes Júnior, Elson Barbosa da Silva Júnior, Sebastiao da Silva Júnior, Carolina Etienne Rosalia da Silva e Santos, Paulo Jansen de Oliveira, Norma Gouvea Rumjanek, Lindete Míria Vieira Martins and Gustavo Ribeiro Xavier

Performance of polymer compositions as carrier to cowpea rhizobial inoculant formulations: Survival of rhizobia in pre-inoculated seeds and field efficiency


Mukesh Kumar Meena, Neelam Singh and Vidya Patni

In vitro multiple shoot induction through axillary bud of Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels: A threatened medicinal plant


Jiangbo Zhou, Aiqing You, Zhujun Ma, Lili Zhu and Guangcun He

Association analysis of important agronomic traits in japonica rice germplasm


Abbas Biabani, Lynne Carpenter Boggs, Kovalskaya Natasha3 and Umarov Morad

Microscopic morphology of nitrogen fixing paranodules on wheat roots


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Natalia C. de Oliveira, Ariana A. Rodrigues, Maria I. R. Alves, Nelson R. Antoniosi Filho, Geraldo Sadoyama1 and José Daniel G. Vieira

Endophytic bacteria with potential for bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons and derivatives


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Badriah Alabdulkarim, Zubaida Abdel Nabi Bakeet and Shaista Arzoo

Effect of frying oils on quality characteristics of frozen chicken patties incorporated with honey


Luciano Bruno de Carvalho-Silva, Maria Teresa Bertoldo Pacheco, Rachel Bertoldo, Clarice de Carvalho Veloso, Luciana Costa Teodoro, Alexandre Giusti-Paiva Pablo, Cristhiano Barboza Lollo and Roseli Soncini

Anti-inflammatory activities of enzymatic (alcalase) hydrolysate of a whey protein concentrate


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Heidi Riedel, Divine N. Akumo, Nay Min Min Thaw Saw, Onur Kütük, Peter Neubauer and Iryna Smetanska

Elicitation and precursor feeding influence phenolic acids composition in Vitis vinifera suspension culture


Bashir Ahmad, Niaz Ali, Saziq Azam and Shumila Bashir

Blood pressure lowering effect of Tylophora hirsuta wall


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Seyed Ali Hosseini, Che Roos Saad, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, Mohammad Sayyad Bourani, Hassan Mohd Daud and Sharr Azni Harmin

Effect of weight on osmoregulation ability in Rutilus frisii kutum fingerlings


Maria  Mohammadizadeh, Majid Afkhami, Kazem Darvish Bastami, Maryam Ehsanpour Aida khazaali and Farzane Soltani

Determination of some biochemical values in the blood of Liza klunzingeri from the coastal water of the Persian Gulf


Gui-Mei Kong, Xiao-Rong Zhang , Ke-Yan Wu, Yue-Xiao Liao1and Ping Bo

Anti-proliferative activity of recombinant melittin expressed in Escherichia coli toward U937 cells


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Y. R. Yang, F. C. Meng, P. Wang3, Y. B. Jiang, Q. Q. Yin1, J. Chang1, R. Y. Zuo, Q. H. Zheng and J. X. Liu

Effect of organic and inorganic selenium supplementation on growth performance, meat quality and antioxidant property of broilers


Chunling Bai, Cheberi, Lei Cheng, Fengxia Yin, Dongsheng Wu, Xihe Li, Bou Shorgan and Guang-Peng Li

Effect of jasplakinolide on the in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes

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